As far-right contenders dominate the #GOP ticket in a state known for its flourishing #economy, the business community is bracing for potential fallout
[#NC restaurant owner Elizabeth] Turnbull, a registered Independent, was alarmed when candidates she viewed as #BadForBusiness, all #MAGA devotees prone to trumpeting #ConspiracyTheories, recently clinched the #Republican nominations for crucial state offices.
There was #DanBishop for #AG, who’d echoed false claims the 2020 election was stolen. There was #MicheleMorrow for the top #education seat, who’d commented “Death to ALL traitors!!” under an illustration of former president Barack #Obama in an electric chair. And there was #MarkRobinson for governor, who’d declared that #transgender women should be #arrested if they enter the ladies’ restroom.
“My ballot is normally purple,” Turnbull said. “But this? It makes me sick.”
The #NorthCarolina Chamber of #Commerce rebuked “#partisan ideologues that cause #division & create #controversy” in an unusually biting stmnt last month, saying the Mar primary results offer a “startling warning of the looming threats to NC’s #business climate.” Ofcls did not put an amt on projected losses.
…Michael Walden, an #economist at #NC State U, who tracked the damage in 2016 [said], “You lose #jobs. You lose #construction activity. You lose an additional tax base. You lose prestige.”
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